Hn English 9 Midterm Review

During the house fire someone snuck a blanket onto Scout, who do they believe did it?

A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used

Did Atticus believe that what he was doing was a bad thing? Or did he see it as a moral part of his life?

A written account of another person's life

Text that includes literary elements and devices usually associated with fiction to report on actual persons, or places

A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness

The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another

Text that is not fictional; designed primarily to explain, argue, instruct or describe rather than entertain, factual.

The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning

A use of a word to mean the exact opposite of what it actually means

At this point in the book, it is winter time

The position of the narrator to the story, as indicated by the narrator’s outlook from which the events are depicted

Jem hacked down Mrs. Dubose flowers out of spite for how she treats him

Who owned the house that caught on fire?

Information aimed at positively or negatively influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people

The attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work itself (e g , serious, humorous)

Who does Scout get in a fight with for calling her dad a rude name?

Jem did not follow through with his punishment of reading to Mrs. Dubose

When it snowed, they made a snowman, with a mud-filled center

The generally accepted importance or value of a work to represent human experience regardless of culture or time  period

Author’s choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, figurative language, which combine to help the meaning and tone

The author’s choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate with the reader

Who is the officer who comes to protect them from the rabid dog?

Though unexpressed in the actual text, meaning that may be understood by the reader; implied

The Authors intent from writing his/her story

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about character

An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event

Who is Atticus protecting, that everyone is so against.

An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments

A variety of a language distinct from the standard variety in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary

The genre of literature intended for the stage; a work to be performed by actors on stage, radio, or television; play

Groups of letters placed before a word to alter its meaning

Examine and judge carefully  To judge or determine the significance, worth or quality of something; to assess

When did Miss Maudie's house catch on fire?

What did the kids receive for Christmas?

One or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the base of a word and serving to produce a new meaning

Mrs. Dubose was a heroin addict, she died at the end of chapter 11

Nonfiction written primarily to convey factual information.

What are Aunt Alexandra's opinions on Scout?

A character that symbolically embodies known meanings and basic human experiences, regardless of when or where it is

Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?

The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used.

Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text

The prevailing emotions or atmosphere of a work derived from literary devices, the mood can be not expected

Groups of letters placed after a word to alter its meaning or change it into a different word

Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact.

The ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns such as phrases, clauses, and sentences

Author’s central thought; chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word/phrase; the topic sentence of a paragraph